Nolan Wells Update: Family raises concerns about deleting Snapchat, why his phone will be subject to ‘mutual checks’
more than a week later nolan wells His family met with the Jackson County District Attorney for the first time Wednesday after he was found dead on Horn Island as they continue to search for answers about the incident. mississippi Teenage Death.
Nolan Welles’ cellphone to undergo joint inspection
Wells’ parents, Christine and Elmore Wonsley, and their attorney, civil rights attorney Ben Crump, reportedly met with Jackson County District Attorney Angel McIlrath on Wednesday to discuss the case. new york post. After the meeting, Crump said at a news conference that the family learned more about investigation will move forward, but they have not received any new information about how Wells died.
“Every morning they wake up and there’s a hole in their heart,” Crump said. Clarion Ledger.
Crump said the case will be presented to a grand jury once investigators complete their work. “Once they gather all the information and complete the investigation, she will turn the case over to a grand jury,” Crump said at a press conference, according to the New York Post.
He also said Wells’ phone would be subject to “mutual examination” by investigators and independent experts after concerns were raised that content on the device may have been deleted.
“We also agreed that our experts and their experts would conduct mutual examinations of the phones,” Crump said. “Help us with mobile downloads so everyone can see what’s on their phones at the same time,” he added.
Family questions lack of Snapchat content on Nolan Wells’ phone
The 18-year-old took a boat to Horn Island on Mississippi’s Gulf Coast on July 4 but did not return with friends, where his body was found two days later. Police have not yet said there is no evidence of foul play but the family is conducting their own investigation.
In a tearful interview with Michael Strahan on “Good Morning America,” Christine Wonsley said she tracked Wells’ phone on the Life360 app after he disappeared, but was concerned when she retrieved it. “When we finally got his phone, my sister and I talked on the phone. We went into his Snapchat. He had two accounts. Absolutely not,” she said, according to the New York Post. “It wasn’t even 24 hours, which is how long videos and pictures are on Snapchat, and I was like, ‘That can’t be possible.'”
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“Every time Nolan does a photo shoot, I see him, like when he goes, he’s having so much fun, like when he shoots a video… there’s absolutely nothing… even my sister said… ‘This is fishy,'” she said.
She added at the press conference in Harlem, “There are no saved photos. There are no photos from that day…” “Anyone who’s ever been around Nolan will tell you that at social gatherings, he’s taking videos, he’s taking pictures, and even when I was getting ready for bed he would come up to me and go, ‘Hey, mom, come on, take a picture of me,'” she explained. “You know, that’s Nolan, so that’s why we feel like things may have been deleted because there’s nothing in either of his accounts.”
Wells was reportedly last seen on the northwest tip of Horn Island on July 4, but he did not return to the mainland with his entourage. this us The Coast Guard confirmed his friend first requested a search that evening and his mother reported him missing around midnight. A park ranger discovered his body Monday morning and used dental records to identify him as Wells.
Wells’ family revealed a homecoming ceremony for the teen will be held on Monday morning, July 20, at Center Point Church in Ocean Springs, Mississippi, followed by a celebration of his life at the Jackson County Fairgrounds.
